Having the beard line shaped

Question

Question: Zayd had the hair on his throat (Adam’s apple) shaved off with a razor, being of the view that this is permissible; he also has the hair near the ears and on the cheeks shaved off with a razor. Therefore kindly favour us with an answer. He also has the hair on his temples shortened with scissors — is this permissible or not? Note: Zayd regards removing the hair in these three places as having the beard line shaped, whereas ‘Amr states the opposite. Please write an answer.

Answer

وَلَا يَحْلِقُ شَعْرَ حَلْقِهِ، وَعَنْ أَبِي يُوسُفَ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ “He should not shave the hair of his throat; and from Abu Yusuf ﵀: there is no harm in it” (“‘Alamgiri”). لَا بَأْسَ بِأَنْ يَأْخُذَ شَعْرَ الْحَاجِبَيْنِ وَشَعْرَ وَجْهِهِ مَا لَمْ يَتَشَبَّهْ بِالْمُخَنَّثِينَ “There is no harm in taking the hair of the eyebrows and the hair of one’s face,…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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